Streaming music is very popular. In fact, I spend most of my day listening to music while I work, as I’m sure many others do. But, if you listen to music on Spotify or Apple Music, you might not get the sound quality you’re paying for. Here’s a quick way to instantly improve the sound quality on Spotify and Apple Music by just changing one setting.
If you’ve never looked into Spotify or Apple Music settings, you may not know that you can control the quality of the audio that Spotify and Apple Music play. You may also not know that, by default, neither service selects the highest quality playback option for you. This means you’ll have to do it yourself if you want to enjoy the best audio quality.
How to improve the sound quality of Apple Music
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If you’re an Apple Music subscriber and really want to take full advantage of the higher-resolution audio that Apple Music offers, then you’ll need to make sure that all of your settings are set correctly. When listening to music over Wi-Fi, Apple Music will play at the highest quality by default. However, when listening to music over the cellular network, the default resolution will be lower. To improve the sound quality in Apple Music, follow these steps.
- Open Settings on your phone (or in the app if you have Android).
- Scroll down and look for Music.
- Select Mobile data.
- Tap Broadcast.
- Enable or disable high quality streaming.
You’ll also want to turn on lossless audio mode, as it’s included with your Apple Music subscription. To do this,
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- Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Scroll down and tap Music.
- Select audio quality.
- Enable lossless audio.
You can also select the specific quality you want for each connection type, including Hi-Res Lossless, which will play music at up to 24-bit/192kHz resolution. For more information on Apple Music, check out this hidden secret feature.
How to change Spotify audio quality
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While Spotify hasn’t added lossless audio yet, you can improve the audio quality quite a bit by tweaking a few settings. The most notable thing here is that Spotify’s default playback bitrate is just 95 kbit/s, while its maximum playback quality is 320 kbit/s. So, if you want to improve the sound quality on Spotify, you need to increase the bitrate exponentially. However, it’s worth noting that only Spotify Premium subscribers can take advantage of these higher audio settings.
To change the audio quality on Spotify, follow these steps:
- Open Spotify.
- Tap your profile picture in the top left corner.
- Select Settings & privacy.
- Tap Audio Quality
- Change it to Very High.
Make sure to change all download and streaming options to Very High if you want the highest quality on Wi-Fi, cellular, and downloads. If you have a smartphone with low memory, you can always select one of the lower quality download options to save space on your device, although if you use high-end headphones, you’ll notice the difference fairly easily.
Spotify has announced Spotify Hi-Fi, its own version of lossless audio. However, as of July 2024, it has yet to be released.
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